There are sacraments of evil as well as of good about us, and we live and move to my belief in an unknown world, a place where there are caves and shadows and dwellers in twilight. It is possible that…
The Hoard of the Wizard-Beast By R. H. Barlow and H. P. Lovecraft
There had happened in the teeming and many-towered city of Zeth one of those incidents which are prone to take place in all capitals of all worlds. Nor, simply because Zeth lies on a planet of strange beasts and stranger…
The History of the Necronomicon By H. P. Lovecraft
Original title Al Azif—azif being the word used by Arabs to designate that nocturnal sound (made by insects) suppos’d to be the howling of daemons. Composed by Abdul Alhazred, a mad poet of Sanaá, in Yemen, who is said to…
Herbert West—Reanimator By H. P. Lovecraft
I. From the Dark Of Herbert West, who was my friend in college and in after life, I can speak only with extreme terror. This terror is not due altogether to the sinister manner of his recent disappearance, but was…
He By H. P. Lovecraft
I saw him on a sleepless night when I was walking desperately to save my soul and my vision. My coming to New York had been a mistake; for whereas I had looked for poignant wonder and inspiration in the…
The Haunter of the Dark By H. P. Lovecraft
(Dedicated to Robert Bloch) I have seen the dark universe yawningWhere the black planets roll without aim—Where they roll in their horror unheeded,Without knowledge or lustre or name. —Nemesis. Cautious investigators will hesitate to challenge the common belief that Robert…
The Green Meadow By H. P. Lovecraft and Winifred V. Jackson
INTRODUCTORY NOTE: The following very singular narrative or record of impressions was discovered under circumstances so extraordinary that they deserve careful description. On the evening of Wednesday, August 27, 1913, at about 8:30 o’clock, the population of the small seaside…
From Beyond By H. P. Lovecraft
Horrible beyond conception was the change which had taken place in my best friend, Crawford Tillinghast. I had not seen him since that day, two months and a half before, when he had told me toward what goal his physical…
The Festival By H. P. Lovecraft
“Efficiunt Daemones, ut quae non sunt, sic tamenquasi sint, conspicienda hominibus exhibeant.” —Lactantius. I was far from home, and the spell of the eastern sea was upon me. In the twilight I heard it pounding on the rocks, and I…
Facts concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family By H. P. Lovecraft
Life is a hideous thing, and from the background behind what we know of it peer daemoniacal hints of truth which make it sometimes a thousandfold more hideous. Science, already oppressive with its shocking revelations, will perhaps be the ultimate…
Ex Oblivione By H. P. Lovecraft
When the last days were upon me, and the ugly trifles of existence began to drive me to madness like the small drops of water that torturers let fall ceaselessly upon one spot of their victim’s body, I loved the…
The Evil Clergyman By H. P. Lovecraft
I was shewn into the attic chamber by a grave, intelligent-looking man with quiet clothes and an iron-grey beard, who spoke to me in this fashion: “Yes, he lived here—but I don’t advise your doing anything. Your curiosity makes you…